Just nod if you can hear me ... Fiona Bruce experienced sound problems in the Olympics studio. Photograph: Nils Jorgensen / Rex Features

The Independent reports that the BBC has been having sound problems in its new Olympics studio in Stratford. On Tuesday Fiona Bruce sounded like she was talking from inside a glass bowl on BBC1's 10pm news. Simple solution apparently – sound-deadening curtains and carpets. Even big events force bosses to get back to the basics it seems.

• This article was amended on 30 July to correct the name of the news programme from News at Ten to BBC1's 10pm news.